Creating Living Materials That Respond To The Environment | Solutions Science with Dr. Debika Datta

The field of material science is a complex and interdisciplinary field, with most engineering processes relying on specific materials, it is important that specific bespoke materials are made to suit each application. <br/><br/>An emerging field in the area of material science is that of living materials, a type of material that houses living biological organisms within it. The purpose of this is to allow otherwise inanimate materials to be able to respond and interact with their environment.<br/><br/>In this episode, I spoke with Dr. Debika Datta about some of her work, in collaboration with others at UCSD, on creating a living material that can take up polluting dyes from surrounding water.